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! __Mat__ POV

[Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is dressed to meet [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] in a grubby coat. He finally shaved and wonders how [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] can stand a beard. [Olver] runs up. [Setalle|Setalle Anan] and two [Redarms|Band of the Red Hand], [Lussin] and [Edder], are taking him into the city. [Olver] wants to strategize on the snakes and foxes. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] regrets talking about [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]'s rescue in front of him. [Olver] says he has already talked to [Noal|Noal Charin], [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde]. So now everyone in camp probably knows what is happening. Riding [Pips], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] joins [Thom|Thom Merrilin], [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] and fifty [Redarms|Band of the Red Hand] to ride into [Caemlyn]. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] is dressed formally like a court bard. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is feeling out of place now and wishes [Lopin] were still around to set out proper clothes for him. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] chides [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] for dressing poorly now that he is a noble. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] cuts him off when he starts to repeat what [Musenge] called him.[1] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] says [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] is from [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] and who knows how things work there. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] has [Aludra]'s papers with him. 

They march through the [New City|Caemlyn] into the [Inner City|Caemlyn] and to the [Royal Palace]. [Charlz Guybon] meets them as escort and leads them in. He is intrigued by rumors that he heard about [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] allows that he killed [Couladin]. They all believe that [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] is dead now. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] is with [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] cries and hugs [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and thanks [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] for bringing him back. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is shocked that she is pregnant and that [Rand|Rand alThor] is the father. He tells them that [Olver] is fine as well. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] tells the story of the capture of [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] and their escape with [Valan Luca]'s circus. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] asks if she has seen %%black [Verin|Verin Mathwin]%%. He needs someone to make a gateway for them to the [Tower of Ghenjei]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] asks about bellfounders and resources. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] thinks he is mad until she and [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] understand the impact of the dragons. They are sold. There is dickering to be done as [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] wants the dragons for the [Band|Band of the Red Hand] while [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] thinks that [Andor] will own them. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] grins while they argue. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] also offers a commission to the [Band|Band of the Red Hand]. They finally agree on a contact for the [Band|Band of the Red Hand], the band gets one out of four dragons if they leave, and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] lets [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] have the [foxhead medallion|Foxhead Medallion] to study for three days. He feels naked without it with the %%ot [gholam|Gholam]%% still around. He warns her about it. He is shocked again that she thinks she can copy it. She plans to [Travel|Weaves#t] to [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)] soon and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] immediately realizes that that means the [Sun Throne|Sun Palace]. She invites them to dinner. [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] and [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] will come as well. She also offers [Thom|Thom Merrilin] a commission as official court bard. The commission includes a pardon for all crimes that he may have committed in [Andor] or [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)].[2] [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] has an appointment with her midwife[3] before dinner. She plans to give [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] a title. At least he did not have the audacity to claim one for himself as [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] did.
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[#1] According to [Musenge], who would know, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is now officially Prince of the Ravens. ([KoD,Ch37])
\\[#2] [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] somehow learned or figured out that [Thom|Thom Merrilin] killed King [Galldrian|Galldrian su Riatin Rie].
\\[#3] [Melfane|Melfane Dawlish]
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